City of Annapolis - File #: CA-1-16

• File #: CA-1-16
• Version: 1
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/16/2016
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 5/9/2016
• Final action: 5/9/2016
• Title: Departmental Reorganization - For the purpose of amending the Annapolis Charter concerning: dissolving the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs; and reassigning certain duties and granting certain authority to the Department of Finance, the Department of Planning and Zoning, the Department of Public Works and the City Manager.
• Sponsors: Michael J. Pantelides
• Indexes: Environmental Matters Committee, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/21/2016	1	Environmental Matters Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
4/20/2016	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
4/20/2016	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend with amendments	Pass
4/20/2016	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend with amendments	Pass
4/20/2016	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
4/12/2016	1	Rules & City Government Committee	postpone
3/21/2016	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
3/14/2016	1	City Council	declare the public hearing left open
3/14/2016	1	City Council	refer
2/22/2016	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
2/22/2016	1	City Council	refer

Title
Departmental Reorganization - For the purpose of amending the Annapolis Charter concerning: dissolving the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs; and reassigning certain duties and granting certain authority to the Department of Finance, the Department of Planning and Zoning, the Department of Public Works and the City Manager.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Charter Amendment 1-16 Amended

Introduced by: Mayor Pantelides

Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee

A CHARTER AMENDMENT concerning

Departmental Reorganization

FOR the purpose of amending the Annapolis Charter concerning: dissolving the Department of Human Resources and the Department of Neighborhood and Environmental Programs; reassigning certain duties and granting certain authority to the Department of Finance, Department of Planning and Zoning, the Department of Public Works and the City Manager.

BY repealing in their entirety the following portions of the City Charter:
Article VI, Section 6
Article VI, Section 13

BY repealing and reenacting the following portions of the City Charter:
Article VI, Section 2B
Article VI, Section 3
Article VI, Section 4
Article VI, Section 7
Article VI, Section 10

SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Charter of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

THE CHARTER
Article VI - OPERATIONS

Sec. 2B. - City manager.

(a) There shall be a city manager in the office of the mayor who shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. The city manager shall be the direct subordinate of the mayor and shall have supervisory authority over the department directors as provided for by the City's organizational chart that is prepared by the mayor and accepted by the City Council.

(b) The city manager shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council based solely on his or her experience and credentials as a city manager....